蜒 — Chinese character
蜒
yán
millipede
- Pinyin
- yán
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 虫 延
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 延
- Japanese
- 蜒 as a kanji
Common words with 蜒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜿蜒 | wān yán | (of a snake) to wriggle along; (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind |
| 蚰蜒 | yóu yán | house centipede |
| 蚰蜒路 | yóu yan lù | lit. centipede's path; fig. narrow winding road |
| 蜒蚰 | yán yóu | (dialect) a slug |
| 蜗蜒 (蝸蜒) | wō yán | snail |
English words written with 蜒
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.